Cherry Pie Cookie Cups

Cherry Pie Cookie Cups are the perfect answer to a cherry pie craving! These bite sized desserts are prepared in 5 minutes and are sure to disappear quickly!

Well, we did it! We had our Valentine’s Day craft party…..and we survived!! 7 kids, 24 sugar cookies, 8 glitter glue tubes, 47 valentines, 5 hours, and 4 meltdowns later….I’d say it was a success! Ha! Seriously, though….all in all, the girls had a good time, they crafted their little hearts out, and it was nice to see them all playing together. BUT. I’d definitely be lying if I said it was completely smooth sailing!

The biggest problem? My girls!! Seriously. They are so sensitive and their feelings are so easily hurt that when you put them in a group setting, there are problems every time! And the problems are more or less always the same….someone’s not playing with them, someone said something mean, someone said they like someone else better, and on and on. I’ve heard it all! And this weekend’s party was no exception.

Rather than swear off parties and play dates and social engagements of any kind….I’ve decided to learn from this one. Things like don’t let each kid invite 2 friends (everyone knows that 3’s a crowd!) and don’t serve carrots at a party (I totally heard, “CARROTS? At a PARTY??” from one of their friends)! Also, if you don’t want each kid to eat 4 cookies, don’t have them each decorate 4 cookies….and, if you don’t want to spend your afternoon watching plays and dance performances, don’t have a stage in your basement!!

Cherry Pie Cookie Cups

On a more serious note, I learned that my kids do better with one on one play dates and that they need time with their friends apart from their sisters! I learned that their sensitivity is something that needs to be kept in check so it doesn’t keep them from having fun…and I learned that it is (hopefully) something they will outgrow over time! I remember Ellia being the same way Greta is now…and it makes me hopeful to see how much she’s grown over the past two years. I have to remind myself that their summer birthdays make them some of the youngest kids in their class, and that some of this is just a function of their age!

And….when all else fails….I have to remind myself of how much I love them. Despite the drama. Enough to make them these delicious Cherry Pie Cookie Cups, which they instantly inhaled. I don’t blame them….they’re cherry pie meets sugar cookie with a delicious drizzle on top. How could they resist??

Cathy, I completely understand where you are coming from with the difficulty of playdates and groups of girls. It can be so hard and I often wonder, “why do I bother?” but sometimes it just works. I think the giggles and smiles make it worthwhile but really can’t get frustrated when the girls refuse special snacks like fruit salad salsa and cinnamon pita chips because it’s “too healthy” (yes, the carrot comment brought me back!) But, sounds like all and all, it was a pretty good party that the girls enjoyed so horray for THAT. And, these cookie cups? They look beyond delicious my friend! I’ll add them to the list of Cathy recipes. Where’s that cookbook girl?

Exactly, Jess! I don’t want to have the “why bother” feeling….but I guess maybe it’s part of the deal and I have to believe it’s all worth it in the long run. It is nice as a parent to have a better pulse on how my kids interact with other kids so I can help them navigate friendships…but also exhausting. Which is why I feel the constant need to treat myself. Ha!

Girls are so sweet and precious but yes, I am bracing myself for these moments once we have our lil girl. You are doing great Cathy and I love your outlook on moving forward 🙂 These cookie cups look fantastic! The cookie dough and cherry pie filing sound wonderful together and perfect for Valentine’s Day 🙂

New here and enjoying what I have seen so far. These mini cherry pies look wonderful. Was wondering, I would like to sign up to receive your email newsletter but don’t see a place to do so. Am I missing it somewhere? ColleenB. ~ Texas

I love this recipe for the cookie cups! I made them this weekend and they turned out awesome!!! The only question I had is how did u store them? I put them in a container after they were totally cooled, but the next day they were all soggy and feel apart when I tried to take them out. Do you have any suggestions? Thank you!

Hi Sue, Glad they turned out for you! Good question about storing them…I found that mine lasted a bit longer but they did get soggy after a while. I’m thinking they need to stay in the fridge next time. 🙂

Same problem for me. Only they fell apart when I tried to take them out of the tin. So then I waited and put the pie filling in after they baked the total time. Better, but they still fell apart after storing them in the fridge . I’m thinking it was the cookie dough from the store. Making my own dough next time!

I remember those days with the girls – three is never a good idea. she said, she did, etc. Boys never do that. Your cherry pie cookie cups look fabulous. Would like one right now. Hang in there, it gets better. Then when there get older, they are too great for words. Bev

I have a family of 5 and I have to tell you this is brilliant. Everyone got individual little pies and there was no fighting 😀 I made 10 and no more ! fast simple and extremely tasty!!! LOVED this so much please keep blogging and I will keep cooking 😀

These look amazing. I was wondering if you could make your own sugar cookie dough or does it have to be a premade one? I want to make these today but do not have any pre-made dough? Thanks for sharing this awesome recipe

I just made these but had a hard time getting them out of the muffin tin without breaking them up. Any suggestions to what I’m doing wrong? They are delicious. I’m going to take them to a get- together even though they’re not pretty.

I just did a practice run before serving them at our weekly bible study, these are so delicious and so easy to make. I am thrilled I found this recipe, I have to make desserts each week for 25-30 people. I am going to do cherry and apple. With the apple I am going to add a crumb topping! Thank you so much for sharing these!!

I had to make an “elegant” dessert for a school fundraiser for my grandson’s chorus. They are having an auction and dinner. I decided to make two desserts in case one didn’t work out. This turned out beautifully. I used cherry pink foil cupcake liners and used a full-sized cupcake pan. Since the amount of dough was bigger, I had to bake them longer and really keep an eye on it, but it worked out so well. Instead of using a powdered sugar drizzle, I melted white chocolate and drizzled that across. They look beautiful. I of course had to taste one. They are wonderful.

I just made the mini tarts and they are so good and simple. I cheated and used premade sugar cookie dough but they are so cute and so yummy I made blueberry and cherry and I made up some home made lemon curd absolutely yummy. Thanks for the idea

needed a quick dessert that used no utensils for a new year party. made these with betty crocker sugar cookie dough, canned blueberry and lemon pie filling–turned out great 🙂 I used a melon baller to make the indents and it went very fast. thanks for the wonderful recipe!

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Made these for a party. Note to self, try the recipe before the day of the party as it may not work out. I could not get them out of the tin….I did grease generously. They were not stuck, they just didn’t come out in one piece every time. They fell apart. Not sure I will try this again but it is a good idea. Mine didn’t look anything as pretty as the picture. Maybe I just need to work on it.

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